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October 2, 2010
Comptroller's Task Force Releases CBA Report Based Partly On Lessons Learned From Bronx Projects
Bronx News Network
This review of this week's report issued by Comptroller John Liu's office includes the Atlantic Yards CBA as an example of a poorly-done community benefits agreement.
While strong CBAs, including some with living wage guarantees, were being signed in other big cities around the country, developers in New York City, backed by it's pro-development (with no string attached) mayor, was late to the game. Some CBAs were signed -- at Atlantic Yards (Brooklyn), the new Yankee Stadium (Bronx) and the Gateway Center Mall (Bronx) -- but they lacked teeth and true community involvement, community and job advocates charged.
Posted by steve at October 2, 2010 8:19 AM